Juna picked up a large kangaroo mask that looked like something from a school mascot costume, she examined the mask and noticed how real it looked, its brown eyes sparkled and it almost felt alive. "This is amazing! how did they get this to look so perfect, it almost looks like the eyes are looking right through me!" exclaimed Juna
"Well if you want to stay here, you have to put on that mask, its the only way you will be able to fit in around here" stated the voice behind the curtain.
"Fit in?" Juna questioned, "Are all the students here walking around with animal masks on?"
"So to speak, its something all of our new students have to do...Consider it a sort of.."initiation"" said the voice.
Juna examined the mask some more... she had always loved kangaroos since she had visited the zoo when she was a kid, she even had her parents buy her a stuffed kangaroo which she slept with every night until she was nine.
"Well as long as i get to stay in school, i suppose i can wear this...it cant be to bad and the fur seems awfully soft"
Juna then put on the mask and started to feel a small tingle, "Aww crap...I'm not allergic to this stuff am I?" She started to feel an itchiness along her legs and thought she was having some sort of allergic reaction. She then tried to take the mask off but noticed that the neck had shrunk down and wouldn't allow her head to come out.
"Is this some kind of joke? Ha ha well its really funny...but can you help me get this thing off?" Juna said with annoyed tone.
The voice was silent...
"Hello? is someone there? I need a little help here!" she then ripped the curtain back to find that behind it was a tall Lion man sitting on a barstool with a clipboard in his hand.
"They always panic the first time they put one of the masks on" the lion man sighed. "You will be fine, just relax" the lion man calmly stated.
Taken aback by the large talking lion, juna turned around and ran in fear toward the exit, but then her feet started to cramp up and she lost her balance and slipped on the floor and landed on her rump...
"Owww..." said juna, the lion man rushed over to her "Are you alright? you shouldn't be running while you are in the transition phase!"
"Transition?" Juna looked down her legs, she started to feel a more intense cramping feeling in her feet. "You might want to take those off, kangaroos have very large feet and i don't think your shoes will make it" said the lion man
Juna then took off her shoes and socks and noticed that her feet looked much larger than before, and they where being slowly being covered with creamy colored fur!!
"Whats happening to me?!?!" juna shouted, "Your turning into the animal you picked, its not called "Animal Academy" for nothing" said the lion as he held out his hand
Juna was completely terrified at this point and was considering trying to run away again, or go with the strange lion man....